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elazar sontag

  • about
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  • special projects
  • press + television
  • contact

Profiles

This 26-year-old pitmaster is reshaping texas barbecue

To this Black Lives Matter co-founder, activism begins in the kitchen

Meet the Southern chef spreading the word of gullah geechee cuisine

Lazarus Lynch brings soul food to the Snapchat generation

The Senegalese chef behind America’s new favorite supergrain

A blogger recorded her mom cooking Chinese food. Now, the 73-year-old is an Instagram darling.


Culture

Why the best bagels in the US aren’t all in New York anymore

Cafe Mutton is America’s most delightfully unpredictable new restaurant

San Francisco restaurant culture is in a bad place. Don't blame the chefs

Next-generation pizzerias are reimagining the craft

Hags will be queer first, and a restaurant Second

The school of Lil’ Deb’s Oasis

The great shortage: how chefs navigate breaks in the supply chain

The uncertain future of pop-up restaurants


Bits and bobs

This cream cheese and olive sandwich doesn’t have to explain itself to you

Via Carota’s cookbook is (almost) as magical as the restaurant

Extreme weather is wreaking havoc on olive oil production

Bring back the flash photos of 2012 food Instagram

For a ‘proper proper proper’ baked sweet potato, freeze it first